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L. MAYER MONOGRAM PANEL Filed Oct. 18, 1923 Patented May 12, 1925.

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Application filed: October 18, 192 3.- Serial No, 669316 To, all whomit. mayjcmcenn;

Be'it known that I, LEON -MA1'ER, a ci,ti.

zen ofythe Unitedg States of America, and a resident of' Chicago, countyof Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Monogram Panels, of which the following is aspecification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form ofamarker for attaclnnent to personal goods whereby such goods or thewearer thereof may be identified; to provide an identification marker.

especially adapted to serve as a monogram panel for attachment topersonal goods such as are frequently transported about, as, for

example, baggage; to provide a. monogram panel wnerein the letters areformed on individual plates which are adapted to be arranged in a frameso as to be normally readable either horizontally or vertically; and toprovide a monogram panel of the above kind which may be readily attachedwithout the use of separate fastening means.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1. is a front plan of a monogrampanel to which this invention is applied, showing the letters arrangedso as to be readable horizontally.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the letters arranged so as to bereadable vertically.

Fig. 3 is a rear plan of the same.

Fig. iis an enlarged longitudinal section of the panel and therepresentation of part of an article to which it is secured.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the frame.

big. 6 is a perspective view of one of the letter plates.

l'leretofore baggage and other personal goods have been marked forpersonal identitication in various ways, such. as by directly stampingor printing the monogram or other characters directly upon the goods, orby permanently attaching to the goods a metal plate on which thecharacters are eugrayed or embossed. permanent markings on the goodsrequires the work of an expert, and when once attached it is not adaptedfor removal for use on other goods or for rearrangement on the samegoods, which is frequently desire able.

In the specific embodiment herein shown,

The placing of suclr the, present. invention inholves a; inarken in: theform. of a, monog ram panel, which may; bereadily, attached, to andremoved from the; goods without additional fastening means. and whichcomprises a frame wherein the characters are arranged so as to bereadable either horizontally or vertically.

Referring to the drawings, the monogram panel herein shown, comprises aframe 1, in which is mounted a plurality of separate plates 2 of uniformsize and form, and each bearing a suitable character on the facethereof. f

The frame 1 preferably con'inrises a sheet metal stamping providing arectangular part 3, having struck out therefrom a. pe ripheral flange tfor retaining the character blocks 3 in proper relative positions behindopenings 5 formed in the part 3. Formed on the flange 4 at oppositeedges of th frame 1. are lugs 6 arranged to be bent over the backs ofthe plates 2, for detachablv securing the plates to the frame, as shownin Fig. 3. The lugs 6 are arranged so as to engage the plates 2 alongthe abutting edges thereof. Struck out from the rame part 3 at the endsthereof, are prings 7 adapted for detachably securing the panel to thegoods by be1ng 1nserted through apertures in the goods, and then bentover as shown in Fig. 4, wherein the baggage or other personal articleis represented at 8. Partitions 9 in the frame part 3, between theopenings 5, serve to cover the abutting edges of the plates 2, thusgiving the plates the appearance of a single panel.

' In the form herein shown, the plates 2 are square in form, but theymay be octzuronal, or of any other symmetrical shape wherein both thelength and breadth are equal. so as to permit the plates to be ar'angedin the framein position to have the characters readable eitherhorizontally, as shown in Fig. 1, or vertically, as shown'iu l 2;

'llhecharacters may beengraved, embossed, stamped, or printed on theplates.

The frame 1 and plates 2 may be made oi sheet metal and polished orplated to produce any desired finish, or otherwise suit ably embellishedto render the panel highly decorative. Although the marker is designedprimaril for use as a monogram panel, it may also be used for variousother similar purposes, such as for name plates or identification tagsused on uniforms and caps and the like.

I claim:

A monogram panel comprising a sheet metal stamping formed to provide anelongated rectangular frame having threesquare openings in the facethereof, partitions formed integrally onsaid frame and arranged betweensaid openings, a Range struck out from the face of said frame andextending around the edges thereof, three square character platesarranged on said frame Within said flange with the charac ters readablethrough said square openings,

said plates being reversible in said frame to permit the characters tobe readable either crosswise or lengthwise of said frame, oppositelydisposed lugs struck out from said flange directly adjacent the ends ofsaid partitions adapted to be bent over the backs of said plates forclamping opposed edges of said plates against said partitions, and apair of prongs struck out from said flange at the ends of said frameadapted for attachment to a support.

Signed at Chicago this 16th day of Oct, 1923.

LEON MAYER.

